Great Lakes Policy Forum: Security Sector Reform in the DRC

Security Sector Reform in the DRC:
Innovations and Complications

Thursday, September 1, 2011
9:30-11:30 am

Council on Foreign Relations
1777 F St. NW,
Washington D.C., 20006

Forum Details:

The United States has been engaged in Security Sector Reform (SSR) in the DRC since 2006. However, without strong political will to improve security, overall improvement has stagnated. The Congolese army, the FARDC, is still seen as a factitious group of rebel militias and is still a leading perpetrator of sexual violence. The police and justice systems are generally viewed as corrupt institutions. Yet there are creative and innovative projects making changes on the ground. What is the way forward for SSR in the DRC? What complications still need to be overcome?